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22Beyond polling alone: The quest for an informed publicCritical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society 18 (1-3): 157-165. 2006.Converse's seminal 1964 article explored three crucial limitations of public opinion as it is revealed in conventional polls: information levels, belief systems, and nonattitudes. These limitations are significant from the standpoint of democratic theory, but it is possible to design forms of public consultation and of social‐science research that will reveal what public opinion might be like if these limitations were somehow overcome. Deliberative Polling is an effort to explore the contours of…Read more
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6Book Review:Rights and Goods: Justifying Social Action. Virginia Held (review)Ethics 97 (2): 473-. 1987.
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7Deliberative democracyIn Robert L. Simon (ed.), The Blackwell Guide to Social and Political Philosophy, Blackwell. 2002.The prelims comprise: The Athenian Solution The Filter The Mirror The “Mob” The Apparent Conundrum Referendum Democracy versus Deliberation Modern Deliberative Microcosms The Role of Representatives Notes Bibliography.
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30Ian Shapiro, The Moral Foundations of Politics:The Moral Foundations of PoliticsEthics 117 (2): 381-383. 2007.
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25Why Deliberative Polling? Reply to GleasonCritical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society 23 (3): 393-403. 2011.ABSTRACT Contrary to Laurel Gleason's assertions, Deliberative Polling among random samples is not a process that is dominated by “experts” or by certain categories of deliberator; it produces genuine gains among the participants in knowledge of information that has been verified as true and relevant; it does not cause ideological polarization; and it is not intended as a substitute for, rather than a supplement to, deliberation on the part of the general public.
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102Deliberative Democracy and ConstitutionsSocial Philosophy and Policy 28 (1): 242-260. 2011.This paper examines the potential role of deliberative democracy in constitutional processes of higher law-making, either for the founding of constitutions or for constitutional change. It defines deliberative democracy as the combination of political equality and deliberation and situates this form of democracy in contrast to a range of alternatives. It then considers two contrasting processes—elite deliberation and plebiscitary mass democracy (embodied in referenda) as approaches to higher law…Read more
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16The convergence argument for welfare rights: Some divergencesJournal of Social Philosophy 22 (3): 38-41. 1991.
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7Why Deliberative Polling? Reply to GleasonCritical Review: A Journal of Politics and Society 23 (3): 393-403. 2011.Contrary to Laurel Gleason's assertions, Deliberative Polling among random samples is not a process that is dominated by “experts” or by certain categories of deliberator; it produces genuine gains among the participants in knowledge of information that has been verified as true and relevant; it does not cause ideological polarization; and it is not intended as a substitute for, rather than a supplement to, deliberation on the part of the general public.
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15Population and Political Theory (edited book)Wiley-Blackwell. 2010.Part of the highly regarded Philosophy, Politics and Society series, this text is an important resource for political philosophers who wish to know about population policy, population specialists interested in political theory, and public ...